Today
SS.O.S. Save Our
Streets Road Show
The S.O.S. Road Show
will be held from 5 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. today. Feel free
to bring lawn chairs, family,
friends and neighbors for
an evening of enjoyment.
For location and details,
contact (386) 755-2525.
* 1970 RHS class meet
RHS class of 1970 will be
having their monthly class
meeting at 1:30 p.m. today at
the Richardson Community
Center. Contact Dennis Murphy
at (386) 697-3739 or Macy
Wilson at (386)752-3471.

Dive team

recovers

body
Investigation
into drowning
continues.
From staff reports
Members of the Columbia
County Sheriff's Office dive
team were dispatched to
a Santa Fe River park on
State Road 47 to investigate
a drowning Friday evening
on the Columbia/Gilchrist,
County border.
'The dive team and patrol
deputies responded to the
incident," said Columbia
County Sheriff's Office pub-
lic information officer Sgt.
Ed Seifert. "We assisted the
Gilchrist County Sheriff's
Office with the search for
the victim. Our underwater
recovery team was able to
enter the water and subse-.
quently recover the victim.
Unfortunately, the victim
was deceased:"
Florida Fish and Wildlife
BODY continued on 3A

By TONY BRITT
tbritt@lakecityreporter.com

Community Mercy Center
finance director Anthony L

Raburn was arrested Friday
morning and faces charg-
es in connection with the
alleged misuse of funds from
the Lake City First Assembly
of God church.
' Raburn, 49, whose per-
manent .address is listed
� as 1403 E. Chilkoot Ave.,
Tampa, turned himself in

Shown

at the Columbia County
Sheriff's Office around 11:30
a.m. Friday.
"He was arrested without
incident," said Columbia
County Sheriff's Office
public information officer
Sgt. Ed Seifert. "He was
booked into the Columbia
County Detention Facility on

$5U0,U00 bond."
According to previous
news reports, Raburn had
a young son living with him.
Authorities say that child is
now living with his mother.
Raburni is charged with
second-degree grand theft,
scheming to defraud, mort-
gage fraud and racketeer-

prowl

Trappers search for dangerous snakes

ASSOCIATED PRESS
A 9-1/2-foot long Burmese python is captured in the Everglades on Friday. Friday was the first day herpetology experts with a
permit were allowed to search for and euthanize the pythons, which are not native to the Everglades.

10-foot python is
caught an hour
after hunt begins.
By BRIAN SKOLOFF
Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, -
A program to eradicate inva-
sive pythons from Florida's
Everglades began Friday
with a slithering success:
Trappers caught a nearly t10-
footer within about an hour
of setting out, a shock to

even the experts.
"It surprised us," said
Shawn Heflick. a herpetolo-
gist who helped capture the
snake Friday. "If you would
have told me yesterday I was
going to go out there today
and that quickly find one,
I would have called you. a
liar."
The Florida Fish and
Wildlife , Conservation
Commission announced just
this week the $tate would
allow a few permitted snake
:experts to begin hunting,

trapping and killing the non-
native pythons in an effort
to eradicate them from hun-
dreds of thousands of acres
in South Florida.
Gov. Charlie Crist had
asked for the program two
weeks after a central Florida
child was strangled in her
bed by a pet python that
escaped its enclosure.
: The number of pythons in,
South ,Florida and through-
out Everglades National
Park has exploded in the
past decade to potentially

tens of thousands, though
wildlife officials aren't sure
exactly ho mrnany are slink-
ing around Smoith Florida.
Scientists believe pet owners
have freed their snakes into
the wild once they became
too big to keep. They
also think some Burmese
pythons may have escaped
in 1992 from pet shops bat-
tered by Hurricane Andrew
and have been reproducing
ever since.
PYTHONS continued on.3A

ing.
"Additional charges are
possible as the investiga-
tion moves forward," Seifert
said.
An arrest warrant was
initially issued for Raburn
after. Columbia County
CHURCH continued on 3A

LCPD:

Vehicle

set ablaze

Arson suspected
in Friday fire;
suspect sought.
From staff reports
Local authorities and rep-
resentatives from the state"
fire marshal's office are
searching for a suspect who
allegedly set a woman's car
ablaze Friday morning. No
one was injured in the inci-
dent, according to police
reports.
The incident occurred
12:50 a.m. Friday at an
Aberdeen Avenue Address.
According to Lake City
Police Department reports,
officer Jason Golub was dis-
patched to the Aberdeen
Avenue address in refer-
ence to a vehicle being on
fire.
When Golub arrived,
he reported finding a, 2000
Acura fully engulfed in
flames;' ,
The Lake City Fire
Department arrived at the
scene and extinguished the
blaze, but fire department
personnel reported there
was a trail of gas leading
from the vehicle to the road-
way.
'The fire appeared to be
set intentionally, so the on-
call state fire marshal was
notified," said Lake City
Police Department public
information officer Capt.
Rudolph Davis.
The owner of the car
FIRE continued on 3A

Funeral for slain couple draws hundreds

Friends recall
work with
children.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ashley Markham, 26 (right), with her husband, Blue, reacts
as Sheriff David Morgan announces in Pensacola on Tuesday
the seventh arrest in the murder of a Florida couple known for
adopting children with special needs.

By BILL KACZOR and
MELISSA NELSON
Associated Press
PENSACOLA - He was
a 66-year-old entrepreneur
who dabbled in used cars,
boats and the adult industry
before finally hitting it big.
She was a 43-year-old
country music lover who fed
the homeless and was devot-
ed to her MySpace page.
Together, they adopted 13
children with autism, Down
Syndrome and other devel-
opmental disabilities and
lived in a sprawling home
west of Pensacola.
And together they were
slain there in a well-choreo-
graphed invasion captured
on surveillance video.
A fuller profile of.Byrd and

Melanie Billings began to
emerge Friday as hundreds
of friends and family attend-
ed their funeral and recalled
them as loving and tireless
advocates for disabled chil-
dren, and for their own four
kids.
But interviews and court
records also portray Byrd
Billings as a former strip
club owner-turned used car
dealer who was once sen-
tenced to probation for an
adoption scam.He frequently
crossed paths with "shady
characters," according to
an ex-wife, but police have
offered no evidence linking.
his past to the murders of
Billings and his wife.
This enigmatic portrait is
right in line with the case
that has captured attention
across the country. A week
after the fatal burglary in
which eight people were
FUNERAL continued on 3A

JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter
Painting around the lake
Bernita Brown, 9 (right), paints her interpretation of Lake
DeSoto Thursday morning during the Mt. Pisgah AME Church
Summer Reading Camp. More than 20 children painted near
the lake to learn about art and to be taught the 'beauty of
nature.' 'Painting has to be very creative,' Brown said. 'You
have to try your best and think before you do it.'

HONG KONG
The 'Transformers" sequel
has become China's big-
gest box office hit ever
by earning 400 million
Chinese yuan ($59 mil-
lion), a publicist for the country's
leading state-run film company said
Friday.
"Transformers: Revenge'of the
Fallen" surpassed the 11-year-old
record of 360 million yuan set by
"Titanic," spokesman Weng Li at
the China Film Group, one of the
,country's two film importers, told
The Associated Press. 'Titanic"
-made about $43 million based on
exchange rates in 1998, the year it
was released.
Weng said the 'Transformers"
sequel, released June 24, received
a wide release on several thousand
screens. China had about 4,100
screens by the end of 2008. The first
'Transformers" installment raked in
,280 million yuan in 2007.
'"This is a tremendous achieve-
ment for the market in China and
clearly shows that there is a strong
growing demand for international
films," said Mike Ellis, Asia-Pacific
managing director of the Hollywood
trade organization, Motion Picture
Association of America.

Debbie Rowe sues

ASSOUIAIITD PRUE
In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Megan Fox (left) and
Shia LaBeouf are shown in a scene from 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.'

unspecified damages, but specifically
. targets any money that White may
have been paid by TV show "Extra"
for an interview that aired earlier
this week.
In the interview, White claimed
Rowe had emphatically stated in an'
e-mail exchange that she didn't want
custody of Jackson's three children.
Rowe had two children while mar-
ried to the singer.

woman over TV interview Fallen roof for Madonna

LOS ANGELES - Michael
Jackson's ex-wife Deborah Rowe
is striking back at a woman who
claimed in a TV
interview that Rowe
told her she didn't
want custody of the .
xcip star's children.
1" :Rowe filed a defa-
.ination and invasion-
of-privacy lawsuit R
against Rebecca owe
White of Florida. The lawsuit, filed
in Los Angeles late Thursday, seeks

show claims 2nd life
MARSEILIE, France - The
Marseille hospital authority says a
second person has died after the roof
of a stage being built for a Madonna
concert collapsed.
'The hospital authority says the
British worker died Friday from inju-
ries suffered in the.accident.
A French worker was killed imme-
Sdiately when the roof fell apart on
top of several workers Thursday.
Eight others were injured, includ-

ing an American who is in serious
condition.

Salsa musician Blades
visits Harvard archive
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Salsa
musician and actor Ruben Blades
celebrated his 61st birthday
Thursday with a nostalgic visit to
his archive collection at Harvard
University.
The seven-time Grammy winner
looked through
photos, held his old
records and chuck-
led at his change in
Physical appearance
during his first visit
to the archive at the
school where he
Blades earned a master's
degree in international law in 1985.
S"Look at those sideburns," Blades
said, looking at a photo of a show 30
years ago.
E Associated Press

"I am not ashamed of the gospel,
because it is the power of God
for the salvation of everyone who
believes: first for the Jew, then for
the Gentile."
- Romans 1:16

Thought for Today
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and newspapers are our
fortresses."
- Heinrich Heine,
German poet and critic (1797-1856)

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Swine flu claims
16th fatal victim
SARASOTA - Florida's
death toll from swine flu
,how stands at 16.
Health Department
-spokeswoman Susan Smith
said Friday the three new
fatalities include a
:31-year-old male in Polk
County, a 44-year-old
:male in Broward County
and a 47-year-old man in
Sarasota County.
. -Statewide, more than
'2,100 have been sick-
:ened since the outbreak
.emerged.

Keys official looks
to sell bridge
KEY WEST - The
:Florida Keys are known
:.for-some wild behavior, but
'selling a bridge?
Marathon City
Coiincilman Dick Ramsay
'insists he's serious. On
!Tuesday he proposed sell-
ing the center span of a
deteriorating drawbridge
,on eBay.
"Let's see if we can
,get some wild publicity,"
SRamsay said.
. The bridge is the island
of Boot Key's only con-
nection to the rest of the
Florida Keys. The island
is mostly uninhabited, but
the bridge has been closed
since late 2007 because of
its deteriorating condition.

Calls to gambling
hotline increases
FORT LAUDERDALE
i- A new study says a
' Florida hotline for gam-
blers got 5 percent more
calls over the past year.
-The Florida Council
on Compulsive Gambling
received more than 4,400
calls for help and informa-
tion according to a study
released Thursday. The
hotline number refers
people to counselors or
Gamblers Anonymous
meetings. The numbers

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Up in Smoke
Miami Beach firefighters battle a large house fire Friday, in
Miami Beach. The fire burned out of control for over an hour
and fireboats from the Coast Guard and Miami responded.

are up 46 percent since
2005-06.

Tornado was low
severity level
SORLANDO -
Investigators with the
National Weather Service
say a tornado that touched
down in Orange County
earlier this week was 'an
F-0 tornado, the lowest
possible level of tornado
severity.
That means the tornado
had winds of 65 to 75 mph.
The tornado tore
through apart of metro
Orlando late Wednesday
evening, ripping the roof
. off a south Orange County
warehouse as thunder-
storms pounded the
Interstate 4 corridor.

Jail mistakenly

jailed on a probation viola-
tion charge and Steven
Katzenberger, 22, who was,
in the jail on a misdemean-
or warrant from Pinellas
County.

Doc charged with
keeping bullet
TAMPA - Authorities
say a Tampa doctor kept a
bullet removed from a fugi-
tive shot by a U.S. Marshal
and then lied about taking
it.
The Florida Department
of Law Enforcement
reports that Dr. David
Ciesla, head of trauma at
Tampa General Hospital,
operated on Thomas .
McCoy on April 21. McCoy
- wanted for a DeFuniak
Springs homicide - was
shot twice during his
arrest.

TEMPERATURES
High Friday
Low Friday
Normal high
Normal low
Record high
Record low

PRECIPITATION
Friday
Month total
Year total
Normal mbnth-to-date
Normal year-to-date

91
75
91
71
99 in 1951
64 in 1918

0.00"
3.14"
27.28"
3.40"
27.43"

releases inmates Police shoot man

SARASOTA - The
Sarasota County Sheriff's
Office reports that it
accidentally released two
inmates but re-arrested
them about an hour later.
Officials say they're
still investigating why the
inmates were released
Wednesday afternoon.
Jail staff released Michael
Adkins, 55, who was

to end standoff
HOLLYWOOD -
Authorities say Hollywood
police shot and injured-
Peter James Bonfiglio,
22, after an hours-long
standoff.
Bonfiglio held a pellet
gun to his head and threat-
ened to kill himself.
* Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this July 20, 2004, file photo, Walter Cronkite describes his
reactions as he reported the landing of the Apollo 11 lunar
module on the moon in front of the Saturn 5 Aft End, the
F-1 rocket engines of the first stage of the Apollo 11/Saturn
5 launch vehicle, in Washington. Famed CBS News anchor
Walter Cronkite, known as the 'most trusted man in America,'
has died on Friday. He was 92.

Cronkite dies at 92

By FRAZIER MOORE
Associated Press

NEW YORK - Walter
Cronkite, the premier
TV anchorman of the
networks' golden age
who reported a tumultu-
ous time with reassuring
authority and came to be
called "the most trusted
man in America," died
Friday. He was 92.
Cronkite's longtime
chief .of staff, Marlene
Adler, said Cronkite died at
7:42 p.m. at his Manhattan
home surrounded by fam-
ily. She said the cause of
death was cerebral vascu-
lar disease.
Adler said, "I have to
go now" before breaking
down into what sounded-
like a sob. She said she
had no further comment.
Cronkite was the face of
the "CBS Evening News"

from 1962 to 1981, when
stories ranged from the
assassinations of President
John F Kennedy and the
Rev. Martin Luther King
,Jr. to racial and anti-war
riots, Watergate and the
Iranian hostage crisis.
It was Cronkite who
read the bulletins com-
ing from Dallas when
Kennedy was shot Nov.
22, 1963, interrupting a
live CBS-TV broadcast of
the soap opera "As the
World Turns."
Cronkite was the broad-
caster to whom the title
"anchorman" was first
applied, and he came
so identified in that role
that eventually his own
name became the term
for the job in other lan-
guages (Swedish anchors
are known as Kronkiters;
in Holland, they are
Cronkiters).

FUNERAL: Brings family

Continued From Page 1A
arrested including a 16-year-
old and a well-known busi-
nesswoman there remain
almost as many questions as
answers.
Why would well-prac-
ticed thieves target a home
with a security camera in
every room? Who was Byrd
Billings? And what does
Escambia County Sheriff
David Morgan mean when
he says investigators expect
motives to emerge beyond
simple robbery?
One key question was

addressed Friday when, in a
bizarre turn, the family attor-
ney disclosed the contents
of a safe the intruders made
off with details investigators
had refused to release for
days.
Crystal Spencer, the
attorney and spokes-
woman, said it contained
"important family docu-
ments," children' pre-
scriptions and jewelry
with "sentimental value,"
but did not offer any addi-
tional details.

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Officials say the constric-
tors can produce up to 100
eggs at a time.
The FWC held a news con-
ference in the Everglades on
Friday morning, explaining
to anxious reporters that it
would be highly unlikely to
catch a glimpse of the giant
snakes.
Then they climbed aboard
several airboats and headed

to a hunting camp on a tree
island in the wetlands about
30 miles west of downtown
Fort Lauderdale.
"We wanted to show
everyone the habitat," said
FWC spokeswoman Pat
Behnke.
The reporters saw more
than habitat They witnessed
the. first capture in the state's
fledgling python hunt pro-

gram.
'We're walking along a
boardwalk and one of the
experts looks down, and
there's a python!" Behnke
said.
One of the experts spot-
ted it slithering from a
dense cover area. Heflick,
along with another trapper,
"jumped on it and hauled it
out."

After measuring the snake
and collecting data, the trap-
pers severed its brain from
its spinal column, he said.
Pythons have no natural
predators in Florida, so their
populations grow unchecked
as they feed on birds, small
rodents and other native
species, disrupting the eco-
system's natural balance.

CHURCH: $250,000 gone FIRE: Search continues

Continued From Page 1A
Sheriff's deputies arrested
executive director and presi-
dent of Community Mercy
Center, and former pastor of
First Assembly of God, the
Rev. Samuel Darin Taylor on
Wednesday afternoon. Taylor
is accused of defrauding
more than $250,000 from the
First Assembly of God. It is
alleged he forged documents
to receive loans and mortgag-
es from a local bank, as well
as opened several credit card
accounts without the approval.
of the church board.
The Community Mercy
Center was affiliated with
the First Assembly of God
through Taylor. Also accord-
ing to news reports, Raburn's
father, Vester Raburn Jr., is
retired, but recently received
his 50-year pin as an ordained
minister with First Assembly
of God Church.
The center had a goal to
provide a homeless shelter
for the Columbia County
area. The shelter was being
housed at the First Assembly
of God until the organization
could get another building.
The organization sought
donations from several local
businesses and governmen-
tal entities as it attempted to
get a financial foundation in
the community.
Seifert said the sheriff's

office is continuing to con-
duct its investigation into the
Community. Mercy Center
and the First Assembly of
God accounting ledgers look-
ing for additional funding
abuses..
'The church has audited
their books and have safe-
guards in place so that this
cannot happen again," Seifert
said. "We will continue to
work with the church to
ensure that the investigation
is thorough and complete."
. Raburn's role in the church
has been unclear thus far in
the investigation, although he
held a position in the hierar-
chy of the Community Mercy
Center.
"Raburn is a childhood
friend of Taylor," Seifert said.
'Taylor placed him in charge
of the Community Mercy
Center. Raburn was part of
the initial investigation that
began in June."
None of the misappropri-
ated funds have been recov-
ered.
"Raburn and Taylor used
the funds for personal eco-
nomic gain, living expenses,
etc.," Seifert said.
Seifert said the next step
for the sheriffs office in the
investigation is to present the
case to the State Attorney's
Office.

BODY: In Sant Fe River
Continued From Page 1A

Conservation Commnission
spokeswoman Karen Parker
said FWC units also assisted
in the search for the vic-
tim, "but it (the case) was
transferred to the .Gilchrist
County Sheriff's Office -
they're doing the investiga-
tion."

0[0, ,,

\ mU . U'E l

According to reports,
members of the dive team
recovered the victim around
7 p.m.
An investigation into the
drowning is on-going and
the victim's name had not
been released by press
time.

Continued From Page 1A

told authorities she was
inside the home when she
heard a loud explosion
outside and what sound-
ed like a vehicle leaving
the area in a rush.
Local authorities have
not- been able to find any
suspects or witnesses in

the case and have turned
the investigation over ;to
the state fire marshal,
reports say.
Anyone with information
about the incident is asked
to call the Lake City Police
Department investigator
Andy Miles at 752-4344.

TONY BRITT /Lake City Reporter
Fire department recognition
Lake City Fire Department assistant chief Frank Armijo (from
left) stands with Columbia Auto Salvage employee Phillip
Brewer as Fire Department Chief Carlton Tunsil presents
Brewer with a plaque of a certificate of appreciation. The
plaque was given to Columbia Auto Salvage for its continued
support to the Lake City Fire Department for saving lives
by donating vehicles, time and equipment, and setting up
the vehicles where city, county and EMS crews could use in,
extrication training drills. Columbia Auto Salvage owner, Paul
Moreau, is not pictured.

The U.S. Senate
took an important
step to make pre-
scription drugs
more affordable
by approving a measure that
would permit buyers in the
United States to order lower-
cost drugs from Canada over
the Internet.
An amendment by Sen.
David Vitter, R-La., apparently
caught the.prescription drug
lobby by surprise during a floor
debate. It was approved by 55-
36 vote and added to a $42.9
billion bill funding Homeland
Security.
But don't fire up the com-
puter yet. The amendment will
surely face a fight before it gets
through a conference com-
mittee, and the powerful drug
lobby has successfully fought
to keep earlier versions of this
proposal from becoming law.
Sen. Vitter's amendment
forbids agents of Homeland
Security from blocking the
importation of prescription
drugs from Canada if the drugs
have been approved by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration.
Critics claim that exposes
U.S. consumers to Internet
scams and unsafe drugs. If the
critics are sincere, they should
support a more comprehen-
sive version of Sen. Vitter's
proposal put forward by Sen.
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. That bill
creates strict safety standards
and procedures and allows
importation from Canada and
other countries, as well.
Either way, American con-
sumers need a break on pre-
scription drug prices. Congress
should get behind efforts like
these that could bring down.
costs by allowing greater.com-
petition.
0' The Miami Herald

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Faith in heart, doubt in mind

Here is a new prin-
ciple I want you to
consider. You can
have faith in your
heart and doubts
in your mind at the same time.
They don't co-exist for long
because one will eventually
overrule the other and discard
it.
Example: It is ridiculous,
the most far-fetched fantasy,
an unbelievable, silly, foolish
fiction than anyone would ever
entertain that God became a
man, that he lived a perfect sin-
less life, that he went through
a kangaroo trial, was scourged,
whipped ,and beaten and then
impaled upon a wooden cross
- and in the shedding of his
blood, he paid a price we could
not pay and died a death he did
not deserve.
To add to the story, he was
placed in a new tomb, and it was
sealed shut with the authority
of the government, guards were
placed to insure no one tam-
pered with the body and that on
the third day he was resurrect-
ed from the dead, and appeared
to his disciples and others for
the space of 40 days.
Add to this the simple truth
that his disciples (apostles)
watched him ascend into the
heavens as clouds took him out
of their sight. He has promised
and so stated, "Let not your
hearts be troubled. Trust in
God, trust also in me. In my
Father's house are many rooms;
If it were not so, I would have
told you. I am going there to
prepare a place for you. And if I.
go and prepare a place for you,
I will come back and take you to
be with me ... for I am the way,
the truth and the life". (John
14:1-6).
Remember the principle: You
can have faith in your hearts
and doubts in your head at the
same time. The heart-mind
(emotion) wants to believe,
while the head (logic) thought
process wants to say, "Naaa,
that's silly, a pie in the sky, a
fairy tale, unbelievable.".
That is why salvation is "By

Jack Exum
Phone:(386) 755-9525
jhe@netzero.net
grace through faith" (Ephesians
2:8-10). That is why Paul, a
highly educated converted Jew,
wrote, "For the message of the
cross is foolishness to those
who are perishing, but to us
who are being saved it is the
power of God. For it is written,
I will destroy the wisdom of
the wise, the intelligence df the
intelligent I will frustrate."
- "Where is the wise man?
Where is the scholar? Where
is the philosopher of this age?
Has not God made foolish the
wisdom of the world? For since
the wisdom of God the world
through its wisdom did not
know him, God was pleased
through the foolishness of what
was preached to save those who
believe" (I Corinthians 1:18-21).
Paul concludes, "the foolishness
of God is wiser than men, and
the weakness of God is stronger
than men."
Paul goes' on to explain
(hearts of faith and doubts in
mind) that God chooses foolish
things to confound the wise;
weak things to confound the
mighty; base things and things
that are despised, and things
that don't even exist to being
to nothing the glory of men ...
that "no flesh shall glory in his
presence" (Vs. 27-29).
"In the beginning God cre-
ated the heavens and the earth"
(Genesis 1:1). Believe it or not!
"Noah, build an ark out of
gopher wood - a worldwide
flood is coming and will destroy
all of mankind except those in
the ark" (Genesis 6:14). Believe
it or not!
"Abraham, leave your country
and your kindred and in your
seed I will bless all nations"

(Genesis 12:1-4). Believe it or
not!
"Joshua, march around
Jericho one time each day for
six days, and seven times on
the seventh day and the walls
will fall down flat" (Joshua 6).
Believe it or not!
"Behold I give you a sign, a
virgin shall conceive and bring
forth a son, and he shall be
called Immanuel for he shall
save his people from their sins"
(Isaiah 7:14). Believe it or not!
'This is my blood of the New
Testament which is shed for
many for the remission of sins"
(Matthew 26:28). "That Jesus
Christ, by the grace of God.
should taste of death for every
man" (Heb. 2:9). Believe it or
not!
"For I am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ, for it is the
power of God unto salvation to
everyone who believes, to the
Jew first and also to the Greek"
(Romans 1:16). Believe it or
not!
"For God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten
son that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish but have
everlasting life" (John 3:16).
Believe it or not!
Your logical, pragmatic, rea-
sonable mind says "no," but
your heart-mind says "yes."
You can have faith in your heart
and at the same time doubts
in your mind, but eventually
one will rule and discharge the
other. Paul said, "Now faith
comes by hearing and hearing,
'by the word of God" (Romans
10:17).
When was the last time you'
went to the evidence and read
it for yourself? You decide and
be sure, and read Hebrews 9:27,
"For it is appointed unto men
once to die and after that the
judgment."
Key words are "whosoever
will.".

E Jack Exum has two books
available free at the Lake City
Reporter office. He is an
Amy-Award-winning religious
writer and resides in Lake City.

OTHER OPINION

Pentagon plan should go up in smoke

I n true bureaucratic
fashion, the Pentagon is
considering a move that
would prohibit members
of the military from smok-
ing. All of them. Everywhere.
It would be a great boon for
the health of all military mem-
bers, but it would be a huge
mistake in thinking they could
make it happen without a colos-
sal disruption....
Not that it wouldn't be hugely
beneficial for members of the

military to quit smoking and
using other tobacco products.
The health problems caused by
tobacco are well documented.
These problems are even worse
in the military than the general
population because so many
more members of the military'
smoke or chew.
Getting soldiers off tobacco
would not only save lives and
reduce serious illness - it
would save taxpayers endless
millions by reducing the cost of

health care for members of the
military and veterans.
But ending tobacco use for
the military must mirror pro-
grams used for the general
public. Prohibition only leads to
scofflaws and other problems. A
concerted effort to limit tobacco
use and boost other anti-smok-
ing efforts have been the most
successful in the private sector,
and it will be the most success-
ful for the military as well.
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Star Parker
parker@urbancure.org

Health care

plantation

on horizon

IW hat is now
being billed
as health care
reform is but
the latest chap-
ter in a process I described in
an earlier column as "Back on
Uncle Sam's Plantation."
Rather than moving dysfunc-
tional America off the welfare
state, as we did with welfare
reform in 1996, we are now
moving the free, functioning,
and once prosperous part of
our nation onto the welfare
state.
Bills out of committees in
both the House and the Senate
contain all the elements of
President Obama's dream to
get as many Americans onto
the government health care
plantation as possible.
We've got creation of the
new government run insur-
ance plan that supposedly will
create new competition. We've
got fines on employers who
don't provide insurance and
fines on individuals who don't
buy it.
And we've got the trillions
of dollars in new spend-
ing to subsidize insurance
purchases for low to middle
income Americans and expand
Medicaid to get more low
income Americans into it
Obama continues to tell the
many millions of Americans
currently insured through
their employer not to worry,
that "If you like your health
care plan you can keep that..."
But we know this is a slight
of hand. Many employers
will gladly pay the fine and
purge their employees into the
government plan. The Lewin
Group estimates that 120 mil-
lion Americans may be driven
into the government plan.
We've already got half the
country on government health
care through Medicare and
Medicaid.
Harvard's Malcom Sparrpw,
a specialist in health-care
fraud, estimates annual
Medicare fraud at $85 billion.
The Government
Accountability Office estimates
Medicaid fraud at around $33
billion annually.
So that's $120 billion a year
in government health care
fraud! This is who will keep
private companies "honest?"
It defies logic and insur-
ance firms like the idea of new
expanded taxpayer subsidized
markets.
' And doctors? The American
Medical Association initially
refused to endorse health care
reform that included a govern-
ment plan.
Now suddenly they are on
board. The AMA has come out
in support of the House bill
with a government plan. What
happened? The House agreed
to get rid of planned cuts in
doctor's Medicare reimburse-
ments.
Halfway into 2009,
Americans have turned more
control of their lives over to
government and politicians
than ever before in history.
This proposed health care
reform, through subsidies and
expansion of Medicaid, would
put tenonsf millions of new
Americans on welfare.
The result is predictable.
Many more citizens with incen-
tives to stay poor and depen-
dent.
The rest of us will transfer
a major part of our freedom to
manage our own private lives
over to bureaucrats.
, I'm praying for a miracle
that will wake up a slumbering
nation.

* Star Parker is president of
CURE, Coalition on Urban
Renewal and Education
(www.urbancure.org) and author of
three books.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
A sign is seen on Tuesday in front of the public mailbox out-
side of the town hall in Otisfield, Maine.

By CLARKE CANFIELD
Associated Press

OTISFIELD, Maine -
The folks of Otisfield are
so fond of their lone public
mailbox that they blocked
it with a snowplow and a
backhoe to prevent the
Postal Service from tak-
ing it away in the gloom of
night.
Town officials also threat-
ened to chain themselves to
the blue box if necessary.
The box is still there, for

now at least. But it's prob-
ably a losing battle.
The familiar blue street-
corner mailbox is going the
way of the pay phone.
More than 188,000 boxes
nationwide have been
removed this decade as e-
mail, online bill-paying and
Internet catalogs cause a
drop-off in the volume of
mail handled by the Postal
Service.
This tdwn of 1,700 peo-
ple 35 miles from Portland
doesn't have a post office.

BILLINGS, Mont.
- Montana's ultra-posh
Yellowstone Club is in new
hands, following a $115 mil-
lion deal that the new owner
hopes will close the door on
the resort's highly publicized
descent into bankruptcy.
The millionaires-only
club was facing liquidation
eight months ago. It's been
a victim of its prior owners'
excesses and the broader
economic downturn that
choked off the free flow of
money that fueled the club's
rise.
On Friday, CrossHarbor
Capital Partners finalized
its purchase of the 13,600-
acre private ski resort at a
bargain-basement price. The
Boston firm specializes in
distressed real estate.

Goodyear to shut
down tire plant

AKRON, Ohio - Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co. plans
to close its tire plant in the
Philippines by Sept. 30 as
it trims production capacity.
About 500 jobs will be
eliminated.
The Akron-based tire
maker said Friday that the
plant closing in Las Pinas
will cut nearly 2 million units
of its annual capacity. That's
about 10 percent of its
reduction goal of 15 million
to 25 million units over the
next two years.
Goodyear will take about
a $20 million charge in the
third quarter, mostly for
asset write-offs.
Shares of Goodyear fell
5 cents to $12.56 in early
Friday trading.

Workers hurt in
Indonesia blast

PHOENIX - A com-
pany spokesman says two
employees'of Phoenix-based
Freeport McMoRan Copper
& Gold Inc. are among the
people injured in suicide
bombings at hotels in
Indonesia's capital.
Freeport's Bill Collier says
the two men were in the
Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta.
They suffered non-life threat-
ening injuries in Friday's
explosion and were flown to
Singapore for treatment.
Collier declined to identify
the men or their nationalities.
A second bomber set off
explosives in the adjacent
J.W. Marriott hotel.
In all, eight people were
killed and more than 50
wounded, including eight
Americans.
Collier says the injured
employees work at Freeport's
regional headquarters in
Jakarta. Freeport operates
the world's largest gold mine
in the country's restive east-
ern Papua province.

Google services
create concern
LOS ANGELES -
Security and privacy con-
cerns have been raised over
a multimillion-dollar pro-
posal by Los Angeles to tap
Google Inc.'s Internet-based
services for government
e-mail, police records and
other confidential data.
At issue is the security
of computerized records
on everything from police
investigations to potholes as
the nation's second-largest
city considers dumping its
in-house computer network
for Google e-mail and office
programs that are accessed
over the Internet.

NEW YORK- A federal
judge has granted prosecu-
tors more time to negoti-
ate a possible plea bargain
with Bernard Madoff's
longtime auditor.
Accountant David
Friehling pleaded not
guilty Friday, to charges
including securities fraud
and filing false reports
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Prdsecutors said
Friehling rubber-stamped
Madoff's books for 17 years
without confirming their
accuracy. He is the only
person besides Madoff fac-
ing criminal charges so far
in the case.
Friehling also waived

his right Friday to have
a grand jury consider his
case, a step often taken
in cases where a plea bar-
gain is likely. He had been
charged previously, but
had not yet entered a for-
mal plea.
The accountant and his
attorney, Andrew Lankier,
declined to answer ques-
tions following the brief
hearing at the U.S. District
Court in Manhattan.
His next scheduled court
appearance is in October,
a date set after assistant
U.S. Attorney Lisa Baroni
asked for more time to
discuss a "possible dis-
position" to the case with
the defense.
Friehling was Madoff's
auditor from 1991 to 2008.
He supposedly audited

Cuts create 82 percent

profit jump for Mattel

By.MAE ANDERSON cents per share, last year.
Associated Press Revenue fell 19 percent
to $898.2 million from $1.11
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - billion. The stronger dollar
Light on summer-movie tie- hurt sales by about 5 per-
in toys this year, Mattel Inc. centage points.
said Friday its sales sank Analysts polled # by*
19 percent in the fiscal sec- Thomson Reuters predicted
ond-quarter, but cost cuts Mattel would break even on
and lower inventory helped a per share basis on revenue
it post an 82 percent jump of $969.7 million.
in profit, beating analyst During a conference call
expectations. with analysts, CEO Robert
The tight rein on costs A. Eckert said the sales
and inventory will continue decline was caused by con-
throughout the year, as the tinued cautious retailer
company - and toy makers ordering, fewer toys geared
in general - seek to avoid a to summer movies and the
repeat of last year's dismal stronger dollar.
holiday season. The maker Eckert expects those
of Barbie and Hot Wheels trends to continue during
toys is in the midst of a the second half of the year
cost-cutting plan designed "as our customers contin-
to save $180 million to $200 ue to cautiously align their
million over two years. inventory bets with consum-
The better-than-expected er demand," he said.
profit sent Mattel shares up The second-quarter,
82 cents, or 5.1 percent, to while a seasonally small
$17.01 during midday trad- quarter, is typically a key
ing. The stock has traded shipping period for summer
between $10.36 and $21.95 movie-related products. Last
during the last 52 weeks, year's second quarter was

ended June 30 totaled $21.5 movies including "The Dark
million, or 6 cents per share, Knight," "Speed Racer" and
up from $11.8 million, or 3 "Kung Fu Panda."

Madoff's multibillion dol-
lar investment advisory
business from a small
office with a bare-bones
staff in suburban New
City, N.Y., an arrangement
that made a few savvy
investors suspicious for
years.
Authorities say if
Friehling had done his
job, Madoff's financial
statements would have
shown his company owed
billions of dollars to cus-
tomers and was insol-
vent.
The 71-year-old Madoff
pleaded guilty in March
to charges that his invest-
ment business was a
scheme. Madoff is now
serving a 150-year sen-
tence at a prison in North
Carolina.

Spending bill boosts

high-speed rail lines

By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press

WASHINGTON -
President Barack Obama's
high-speed rail initiative
would get an enormous
boost under a spending bill
that a House committee
approved Friday.
Obama sought $1 billion
for construction of a high-
speed system and other
intercity rail lines, which
would come on top of $8 bil-
lion provided in the econom-
ic stimulus bill in February.
TheHouseAppropriations
Committee decided to pro-
vide $4 billion, part of a $123
billion measure covering
transportation and housing
programs.
Rep. John Olver, D-Mass.,
said the earlier money had
generated.about $70 billion
in grant requests for high-
speed rail projects.
Democrats turned back a
GOP effort to take $3 billion
of the rail money and depos-
it it in the Highway Trust
Fund, which is expected to
go broke next month.
The measure also gives
the money-losing Amtrak
passenger railroad a $1.5
billion subsidy.
The troubled rail sys-
tem in the nation's capital
would receive $150 million
to make repairs and replace
rail cars. The system has
long-overdue maintenance
needs and is struggling. to
recover after a crash that
killed nine people.
The measure also would
increase spending by more

than 40 percent on a much-
criticized program that
subsidizes rural air travel..
The $175 million- for the"
Essential Air Service would
help entice small airlines
to fly unprofitable routes;
the flights are often nearly
empty.
Housing programs would
also receive a generous
boost, including $27 billion.
for the Section 8 program
to finance housing vouchers
for 3.4 million people. That's
a 10 percent increase.
The free-spending culture
of the committee was on
display as well. .
Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa,.
identified almost $800 mil-
lion worth of budget savings
by lowering subsidies in the
housing program that guar-
antees reverse mortgages,
for older people. Latham
proposed slightly lowering
the amounts of the feder-
ally insured mortgages to
eliminate the need for the
subsidies.
Democrats embraced the
idea. But rather than return-
ing the savings to taxpay-
ers, they instead used the
money to add to the Section
8 program.
The panel then turned
to a huge measure cover-
ing labor, health and educa-
tion programs. The $730.5
billion measure combines
$163.4 billion in discretion-
ary spending - the amount
over which the panel has
direct control - with $567
billion for federal benefit
programs. Those mainly are
Medicare and Medicaid. ,

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BIBLICAL MEDITATION

(1:

Carlton McPeak
coarton_mc@msn.com

David:

A man

of heart

Paul described
David, a king
of Judah, as "a
man after God's
own heart, who will do,
all My will" (Acts 13:22).
This famous king did many
things which were good
and right, according to the
will of God.
However, the Bible also
records some sinful things
David did in the presence
of the Lord; along with the
confrontation of a prophet
and King David's acknowl-
edgement of his sins.
After committing adul-
tery with another man's
wife, getting the man
drunk and deceiving the
captain of the army so
that this man would be
killed (Consult 2 Kings 11
and 12 for details.), David
wrote a Psalm (No. 51 in
our Bible) tzhat expresses
his confession to God for
these sins and thus gives
us an example of how we
should confess our sins to
the Lord.
David begins by plead-
ing with God to be "gra-
cious" to him; to manifest
His great "compassion"
towards him. David wants
God to "cleanse" him by
washing him "thoroughly
from [his] iniquity."
David admits that his
"transgressions and [his]
sins [are] ever before
[him]" (51:3). He admits
he has sinned against God
and against Him only and
has even committed these
sins in the presence of
God. David also admits that
God is "justified when [God
speaks], and blameless
when [God judges] (51:4).
. A second time David
beseeches God to "purify"
him and "wash" him so
that he can be clean and so
that he can "be whiter than
snow."
: David wants God to
"hide [His] face from
David's sins, and blot out
all [of David's] iniquities"
(51:9).
* David then requests for
God to "create" within him
a "clean heart" so that God
will not "cast away" David
from His presence. David
wants God to "restore" to
him the joy of God's sal-
vation and sustain David
with a "willing spirit."
David will show his appre-
ciation to God by teaching
"transgressor[s]" God's
ways, and David says that
"sinners will be converted
to [God]" (51:13). David will
then declare God's praises,
and offer to God sacrifices,
but David knows that God
really does not want sacrific-
es but rather "a broken and
a contrite heart" (51:17).
God sees the sins we
commit against Him. Let
us keep in mind what the
apostle John said, "If we
[would] confess our sins,
[God] isfaithful and righ-
teous to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness" (1 John
1:9). May our hearts be like
that of David's!
* Carlton G. McPeak is an
evangelist working with the
Lakeview Church of Christ in
Lake City. All Scriptural
quotations are from the New
American Standard Bible,
Holman Bible Publishers,
unless otherwise stated.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this May 28 photo, Rabbi Chaim Bruk and his wife, Chavie, stand outside their Bozeman home. An extension built onto the home houses Montana's first
modern-day mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath.

Rabbi renews Jewish customs

By SUSAN GALLAGHER
Associated Press

BOZEMAN, Mont.
n one of the least
Jewish states in the
country, a traditional
Jewish group work-
ing to revive reli-
gious observance has built
a mikvah, a ritual bath for
spiritual purification.
The bath opened
several months ago in
an extension built on the
Bozeman home of Rabbi
Chaim Bruk and his
wife, Chavie, who came
here with the Hasidic
movement Chabad
Libavitch.
Chabad sends couples
around the world, including
to remote spots with tiny
Jewish populations, to
cook kosher dinners for
travelers, teach rituals
such as lighting Sabbath
candles and lead classes on
Judaism.
As a result of the Bruks'
work, Montana now has
what Chabad says is the
only contemporary mikvah
in a vast area that includes
Idaho, North Dakota and
South Dakota. The Bruks
expect to draw Jews from
outside the state, including
tourists.
It's "a milestone for
Jewish life in Montana,"
Rabbi Bruk said.
Jewish law requires
married women to
immerse in the mikvah

for ritual purity after
menstruation and a period
of abstaining from sex.
Brides are expected to
immerse before their
weddings. The bath can
also be used as purification
as part of converting to
Judaism.
Outside of the small
Orthodox Jewish
community, many
American Jews had
stopped using the mikvah,
partly out of objections
to its perspective on
women. However, in
recent years, more Jews
have been rediscovering
traditional practices, and
the ritual bath has had a
renaissance.
The American Jewish
Year Book, which tracks
the Jewish population,
estimated that as of 2007,
850 of Montana's nearly
945,000 residents were
Jewish.
However, Bruk believes
there are about 2,500
Jewish households in the
state, plus hundreds of
Jewish college students.
That's based on personal
visits, Internet contacts,
mailing lists and research
including rabbinical
students' trips to far-flung
parts of the state, Bruk
said.
For years, Bozeman
has had a,congregation
affiliated with the liberal
Reform Jewish movement,
which met in various

places around town until
2001, when it moved into a
permanent home.
Still, most Jews who
move to Montana "are not
looking to find a center of
Jewish life," Bruk said. He
and his wife aim to provide
that service.
They teach Torah
classes, established a
kosher meal service and
can tell you where to shop
for kosher food ahd wine
in the Bozeman area.
Information is shared
through the Web site
www.JewishMontana.cornm,
which includes Chavie
Bruk's invitation for
Jewish women to contact
her about why, how and
when the mikvah is used.
The site also features
pictures of her husband
lighting a menorah at the
state Capitol with Roman
Catholic Gov. Brian
Schweitzer.
The Bozeman suite
includes a jetted bathtub
and a shower, both of
which a woman uses
before entering the
mikvah, which is tiled in
shades of brown and could
pass for an elegant bath
in a multimillion-dollar
home at Big Sky, the
swank resort area between
Bozeman and Yellowstone
National Park. High-quality
soap and shampoo, plush
robes and thick towels are
provided.
"You give women their

own space where they
can connect with God,"
said Rabbi Bruk, who
grew up in the New York
borough of Brooklyn,
and came to Bozeman in
early 2007 newly wedded
to Chavie, who grew up
in San Antonio, Texas.
Fundraising for the
mikvah, built at a cost of
more than $250,000, began
a year later.
Judaism allows the ritual
to be practiced in "living"
natural waters, such as
some of Montana's streams,
but Bruk said the cold
winters here are one reason
that is impractical.
"You want it to be warm.
and welcoming, and that
comes with having an
indoor mikvah," he said.
But "you can't just build a
tub and fill it up and heat it
and you've got yourself a
mikvah."
The bath is next to
the Bruk home's garage-
turned-synagogue where,
according to the rabbi,
Sabbath services on
Friday draw about 30
people and religious
holidays about 100.
Justine Phelps, an
Orthodox Jew, used to .
drive 400 miles from
Montana to Utah for
monthly immersion.
Sometimes she flew.
She and her husband
moved last year to
Montana from Irvine
in Southern California

because "we wanted to live
in the 'last best place.' We
were tired of the craziness
of life in California and the
expense in California."
Before choosing
Bozeman as their new
home, the two software
engineers scoped out the
Jewish presence. Phelps
had used the mikvah
throughout her eight-year
marriage.
"Of all the places we
could have gone, we
needed to be in a place
with a Jewish community,"
said Phelps, 38. "We asked
the right questions and did
all the research," and in
doing so learned a mikvah
was planned. ,
"If there were no plans
we would have had to
make a plan, such as
building one ourselves
or finding a public area
that would have been
successful," Phelps said.
Advocates for
practicing the ritual say
it strengthens marriages
as wives and husbands
monthly go through
periods of physical
separation.
"For a time you've been
in your own personal
* space, and now you
are back in a closer
relationship with your
spouse," Phelps said.
Bruk jokes that with the
opening of the mikvah,
Montana has become "a
new hot spot for Jews."

CHURCH NOTES

Summer reading
camp ongoing
Mount Pisgah A.M.E.
Church, 345 NE Washington
St., has scheduled reading
camp from at 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m. now through Aug. 7. A
call for gently used books is
being made by the church.
Drop books off at the building
on the east side of the church
(Damascus Road building)
from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
through Thursday. Call 752-
1830.

Holiday Craft
Bizarre fundraiser
Holiday Craft Bizarre is a
Thrivent-sponsored fundraiser
at Spirit of Christ Lutheran
Church, 145 Sweet Breeze
Dr., scheduled for Nov. 14.
We are seeking crafters to
rent a table for $15. Contact
Elaine Gray at (386) 454-4549
by August 31 for info and to
reserve a table.

Church to have
car wash
The Man to Man Ministry

of Dayspring Missionary
Baptist Church, 849 N.E..
Congress Ave., is having a
free car wash starting at 8
a.m. today. The car wash is
free, but the church asks for
at least a $5 donation.

Lake City Aglow
Lighthouse meet

Lake City Aglow
Lighthouse will have their.
meeting at 7 p.m. on July
20 at the New Generation
School. The featured speaker
will be Jesten Peters,
Columbia County's 2005
Woman of the Year. Everyone
is welcome. Call Jeanne at
(386) 755-3050 or Barbara at
(386) 397-6801.
VBS sponsored by
Methodist church
The Lake City cluster
of Methodist churches is
sponsoring Vacation Bible
School from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m: for 3-year-olds through
fifth graders and from 5:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for all
school children from July
20-24 at Wesley Memorial
United Methodist Church

on McFarlane Ave. next to
Summers Elementary. The
theme revolves around the
study of John Wesley in
London and in the colonies,
life in the 1700s, missionaries
and symbols of the church,
To pre-register, call (386)
752-3513 in the morning.

St. James Day
celebration
A St. James Day
celebration will be held at St.
James Episcopal Church,
2423 SW Bascom Norris
Church, 2423 SW Bascom
Norris Dr., starting at 10 a.m.
with a service and activities
at noon on July 23. Music
will be performed by Skip
Johns and his Blue Grass
Band. All are welcome. Call
(386) 752-2218 for more
information.'

Jerusalem
Missionary Revival
Jerusalem Missionary
Baptist Church, located on
Lake Jeffery Rd. is having a
revival starting at 7 p.m. from
June 20 -July 24. Bishop
Russell Wright from Lake

City will be the speaker.
Everyone is invited. Call
(386) 752-5141 for .more
information.

VBS at First
Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School
will be held at First Baptist
Church from 9 a.m. to noon
for children ages three
through eigth grade from
July 20 - 24. Registration
is at 8:45 a.m. on July 20
in the Fellowship Hall. Call
(386) 752-5422 for more
information.

VBS at Lulu
Baptist Church

VBS is scheduled from 6:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. from July
20 - July 24 at Lulu Baptist
Church, located on Gillen St.
Contact Pastor Rev. Jackson
Cannon at (386) 754-2761.

Dinner and
'Sounds of Joy'
Watertown
Congregational Methodist

Church is featuring
"Sounds of Joy" at 7 p.m.
on July 25. A chicken Pilau
supper will be served from
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. A $6
donation is encouraged.
Call (386) 752-1329 for
more information.

Wellborn Church
to have yard sale
Wellborn Church of
God, 3330 US Hwy 90, will
be having a yard sale for
missions from 9 a.m. - 1
p.m. on July 25. Hotdogs
and drink are $1.00 for
adults and free for children
under 10 years old. Call
(386) 963-4988 for more
information.

Pastor aid at
Falling Creek
Falling Creek Missionary
Baptist Church, 343
Testament Ct., will be
having a pastor aid program
at 11 a.m. on July 26.
The speaker will be Sister
Shawana Wilson of Sisters
Welcome Missionary Baptist
Church.

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our life. Others can know by
our actions that we are
children of God.
God can touch others
through us; His love shines
through us when we are
patient in tim6s of trial,
strong in the midst of chaos,
meek in the face of
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Perhaps our faith will inspire
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Year's worth
of weird
majors got a
little weirder
on Friday.
It all started when
Greg Norman returned
to the British Open last
year, just in time for
an epic collapse during
the weekend.
The weirdness
continued through to the
U.S. Open this year as
David. Duval rebounded
from vertigo to finish
second.
If that wasn't all
strange enough, Friday's
scoring at the British
Open championship at
Turnberry in Scotland
finally put it over the
edge.
Who could have
believed that former
five-time champion Tom
Watson, a-man that's
nearly 60-years-old would
be leading heading into
the weekend?
Better yet, who would
have believed that
Tiger Woods would
miss only the second
major championship
cut of his professional
career during the same
tournament?
Maybe a couple of
guys at Ripley's, but
that's it.
The Open, as it's called
overseas, generally
brings out the toughest
test of links golf witness
all year.
With gusting winds
and wilderness-like
rough to contend with,
there's not a thought
of a 59-year-old man
contending fpr the win, is
there?
It appears that there is,
and I couldn't be happier
about it.
It's the unusual that
keeps us watching
sports.
The same plot could
be written into a movie,
but there wouldn't be a
way that the drama could
be matched.
That's what makes
sports so incredible and
these kind of things
happen all the time. It
keeps the casual fan
watching.
Most of the time the
miraculous just doesn't
pan out over the final
days.
Let's hope this time
that Watson can turn
back the clock to 1977
for one weekend,
because this will surely
be the last time we'll see
him contend in a major.
We've seen Jack
Nicklaus go into the final
round of the Masters
with a chance to win in
1996, but the flame burnt
out during the weekend.
Hopefully, for Watson,
his will keep burning
through Sunday.
* Brandon Finley covers
sports for the Lake City
Reporter.

Double shocker: Watson

leads, Woods misses cut

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tiger Woods reacts on the 18th green during the second
round of the British Open Golf Championship at the Turnberry
golf course in Scotland, on Friday.

an

Carter opens up
camp for youth of
Columbia County.
By BRANDON FINLEY
bfinley@lakecityreporter.com
The Jerome Carter foot-
ball camp got off to a stellar
start with drills and condi-
tioning on Friday accord-
ing to the camps founder.
With little rain in the after-
noon, the participants were
treated to an NFL style pro-
gram.
"Day One went 'well,"
Carter said. "It was not
perfect, but it was .really
good. I was happy that all
of the kids came out ready
to learn. They were excited
to learn from guys like me,
Vince Anderson and for-
mer players that are now
in college."
The football players
were introduced to some
new drills, although Carter
acknowledged that the
football IQ was at a higher
level than he expected for
some of the players.
"We went over some
basic things," Carter said.
'We worked, on back-ped-

Former champ
shares top spot
after round two.
By PAUL NEWBERRY
Associated Press
TURNBERRY, Scotland
- Tom Watson leading the
British Open heading to the
weekend?
Tiger Woods gassing up
the plane and heading for
home?
. Treacherous Turnberry
delivered a pair of shockers
Friday.
The 59-year-old Watson
.rolled in two impossi-
bly long putts, danced a
Scottish jig on the 18th
green and walked off tied
with unheralded American
Steve Marino for the 36-hole
lead at the British Open,
where the course struck
back with a fury thanks to
a stiff breeze whipping off
the Firth of Clyde.
Watson is the oldest play-
er ever to lead a major.
Woods won't be around
to see how it all turns out.'

He took two double bogeys
on the back side, limped off
with a 4-over 74 and missed
the cut in a major for only
the second time in his pro-
fessional career.
"It was just problem after
problem," said Woods, who
came . into golf's oldest
championship as an over-
whelming favorite after win-
ning three times since his
return from knee surgery.
"I kept compounding my
problems out there."
Major title No. 15 will
have to wait.
'I hit some bad tee shots,
a couple of bad iron shots,
didn't get it up and down,"
Woods said. "I kept making
mistake after mistake."
Watson, trying to shat-
ter the record for the old-
est major winner, hit all his
bad shots at the start. The
five-time Open champion
bogeyed five out of six holes
on the front - four of them
in a row - but remarkably
played the final 10 holes in
4 under.
He signed for a 70 that
might have been more

dling, turning to catch and
we went through some
ladders. We also worked
a little on bump and run
coverage. You could tell
that the older group was
focused and their attention
span for football was there.
Both groups did really well.

There were some athletes
in both groups."
With just one day left,
Carter hopes to get the
most out of the groups.
"We will mic up the
drills," Carter said.
"We're going to throw
the same drills at them,

but we'll add in some new
drills as well. We just want
to continue to make it fun.
We just want to be active
with them, give them some
pointers and hope they
pick. it up."
Carter's camp runs
through today.

impressive than his bogey-
free 65 in the opening
round.
"I wouldn't be here if I
didn't think I could win,"
Watson said.
Woods had missed only
one cut in a major since
turning pro, and that was at
the 2006'U.S. Open shortly
after the death of his father,
Earl. He tried to rally, mak-
ing birdies on two of the
last three holes, but wound
up one stroke shy of the
cut line.
"Unfortunately, it just
didn't happen," Woods said.
"No doubt I'm frustrated.
I was playing well the first
seven holes, right there in
the championship. I felt like
if I was under par for the
tournament, I would be in
the top 10. I didn't do that I
went the other way." -
The top 70, plus ties,
make it to the final two
rounds. The British Open
doesn't have a 10-shot rule,
which would allow anyone
within that margin of 'the
OPEN continued on 3B

Irish to

play at

Yankee

Stadium

Notre Dame,
Army will square
ff in NewYork.
By BEN WALKER
Associated Press
NEW YORK - Notre
Dame and Army will play
the first football game at the
new Yankee, Stadium next
year, rekindling a tradition
that took off after' Knute
Rockne's "Win one for the
Gipper" speech more than
80 years ago.
The teams will meet in
2010, across the street from
where they played more
than 20 times, a person
familiar with the arrange-
ment told The Associated
Press on Friday. The per-
son spoke on condition
of anonymity because an
announcement won't be
made until Monday.
The Times Herald-Record
of Middletown, N.Y., report-
ed earlier on the pairing
between two of college
football's most storied pro-
grams.
Notre Dame athletic direc-
tor Jack Swarbrick said the
negotiations were far along,
FOOTBALL continued on 3B

Armstrong

stays third

Haussler wins
13th stage of
Tour de France.
By JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press
COLMAR, France -
Lance Armstrong stayed in
third place after a wet and
chilly ride Friday and lost
a crucial ally for the rest of
the Tour de France when
teammate Levi Leipheimer
withdrew because of a bro-
ken wrist.

Germany's Heinrich
Haussler won the 13th stage
by outclassing the pack
with a solo breakaway, and
Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini
kept the yellow jersey for a
seventh straight day.
Armstrong, the seven-
time champion, remained
eight seconds behind
Nocentini. Astana team-
mate Alberto Contador,
the 2007 Tour champion, is
second, six seconds back.
Armstrong, Contador and
TOUR continued on 3B

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lance Armstrong heads back to the team bus prior to the start of the 13th stage of the Tour
de France cycling race over 124.3 miles Colmar, France, on Friday.

OFFICIALS
Football referee
camp set Aug. 8
Leo Fleming is
conducting a camp for
anyone wishing to become
a referee for youth football.
The free camp is 9 a.m. to
noon on Aug. 8 at the Fort
White High football field.
For details, call Fleming
at 867-0119.

FORT WHITE FOOTBALL
Fundraiser car
wash today
The Fort White
football team has a car
wash planned from
8 a.m. to noon today at
the S & S Food Store on
U.S. Highway 27 in Fort
White. Another fundraiser
is 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at
McAlister's Deli in the
Publix shopping center in
Lake City. Tips and
donations will be accepted.
Money raised from these
events will help send the
team to the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes camp in
Lakeland.
For details, call club.
president Scott Gilmer at
(386) 965-6938.

and new swim parents are
encouraged to attend.
For details, call Steve or
Cathy Smith at
(386) 961-8271.

CHEERLEADING
New organization
offers cheer clinic
Columbia Cheer
Association is sponsoring
the Community Cheer-
Clinic to introduce the new
organization to the public.
The clinic, for girls ages
3-12, is 8:30 a.m; to
1 p.m. on Aug. 1 at,
Richardson Middle School.
Cost is $10.
For registration, call
965-1377.

the instruction for girls in
gi-ades six to 12. Cost of
$60 includes a T-shirt and
free admission to a Lady
Tigers match. Registration
information is at Brian's
Sports on U.S. Highway 90
west in Lake City.
For details, call King at
(386) 365-3158.

YOUTH FOOTBALL
Pop Warner team.
has spots left
The Richardson
Community Center Annie
Mattox North Advisory
Council's Tiny Mites
(ages 5-7 and weight 35-75
pounds) Pop Warner
football team has four spots
remaining. Registration is
5-7 p.m. Monday through
Wednesday at Richardson
Community Center. A birth
certificate and parent
permission form are
required. Cost of $50
includes insurance, jersey,
pants and shoulder pads.
For details, call Tiny
Mites coach Mike Ferrell
at (386) 209-1662.

E From staff reports

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek

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HOUSTON - Houston
center Yao Ming will have
surgery on his broken
left foot next week and
will likely miss all of next
season, the latest blow to
the Rockets' faltering bid to
return to the NBA's elite.,
The team said Friday that
there is no timetable set for
the return of the 7-foot-6
Yao, a seven-time All Star,
but that he is "expected to
be available for the team's
training camp in 2010."
That camp is in October
- 16 months away.
The 28-year-old Yao chose
a surgery that will involve a
bone graft to promote bone
regeneration, the team
said. He's also hoping to'
reduce the arch in the foot
by realigning and restruc-
turing the bones.
'This surgery will .allow
me to continue my career
playing basketball and I look
forward to returning to,. the
court," Yao said&in a state.
ment "I would like to thank
everyone who sent' me
their best wishes. I am very.
grateful to have the support:
of teammates, friends and
fans as I dedicate myself
to making a completely
successful recovery."
The decision for surgery
was expected. The Rockets
applied for a disabled
player exception from the
NBA a few weeks ago,
betting that their center
will miss next season as he
recovers.
The NBA agreed that
Yao's return is unlikely and
approved the request, free-
ing up about $5.7 million
that the Rockets used to
sign free agent Trevor Ariza
from the Lakers.
Houston has also scram-
bled to find a center since
free agency began and this
week acquired 6-foot-11
David Andersen in a trade
with Atlanta.
Yao has been consulting
with doctors since late June,
when the Rockets said he
was out indefinitely.
,He suffered a hairline
fracture in the foot in a

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in this May 8, 2009 photo, Houston Rockets center Yao Ming
of China sits on the bench during Game 3 of a second-round,
Western Conference NBA playoff basketball game against
the Los Angeles Lakers in Houston.

playoff game on May 3
and the team initially said
Yao would miss only 8-
12 weeks. When doctors
re-examined the injury
about seven weeks later,
they discovered that the
injury had not healed and
amended the prognosis.
Dr. Tom Clanton, the
Rockets' team doctor, will
perform the surgery.
"This combination of
procedures should not only
allow healing of his navicu-
lar stress fracture, but also
improve the mechanics of
his foot to reduce the stress
on that bone and give him
the best long-term prog-
nosis," Clanton said in a
statement.
He also said Cleveland
Cavaliers center Zydrunas
Ilgauskas had a similar pro-
cedure in 2001 that allowed
him to return to action.

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Yao started 77 games in
2008-09, his most injury-
free season since 2004-05,
when he played in 80.
He sat out one game in
November with soreness
in the foot, but didn't have
another problem with it
until the playoffs. He led
the Rockets past Portland in
the first round - Houston's
first playoff series win since
1997 - before hurting his
foot late in Game 3 of the
second round against the
Los Angeles Lakers.
Yao said two days later
that the injury wasn't as
severe as other ones and
that he wasn't overly
concerned. He had missed
the last 26 games of the
* 2007-08 with a stress
fracture in the same foot.
He had pins inserted and
rushed his rehab to play in
the Beijing Olympics.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Quarterback Brett Favre throws a pass as he workouts with
the Oak Grove High School football team as he prepares for
his next move in the NFL on Wednesday.

By CHRIS TALBOTT
Associated Press

HATTIESBURG, Miss.
- Micah Williams doesn't
show up to summer work-
outs at Oak Grove High
School without gloves.
Thanks to the fourth guy
in the quarterback rotation
- the tall one with the gray
beard - they're required
gear.
"He's still throwing like
he used to," Williams said.
"Still with the zip, Hard.
If you don't wear gloves,
your hands are going to be
through."
The senior wide receiver
is talking about his sum-
mertime teammate, Brett
Favre. Yeah, that ,Brett
Favre. The 39-year-old quar-
terback, Super Bowl winner
and three-time NFL MVP.
Anyone who thinks Favre
is adrift without a team as
he contemplates a' return

for a 19th season, this
time with the Minnesota
Vikings, is very wrong.
Favre has everything he
needs right here at Oak
Grove, where coach Nevil
Barr agreed to let him join
in team workouts five sum-
mers ago while Favre was
still in Green Bay.
"It's hard to run 110s
on your own," Favre said
Wednesday morning after
a session under a swelter-
ing sun. "It's hard to run
stadiums on your own. I can
remember pulling tires out
here. That's very hard to do
on your own. So I was at a
point in my career I felt like
I needed some motivation,
someone to kind of kick me
into gear. So I came out."
He's been having a great
time since. There's an end-
less supply of hands waiting
to be graced with a pass
from a guy who's started in
the Pro Bowl and has made

a yearly ritual of keeping
the football world uncertain
about whether he'll play
again, or not.
Then there's the camara-
derie - joking around and
just hanging out.
And there's a common
goal: to be ready to give it
all this season.
"He's got a good sense of
humor," junior quarterback
John Mark said. "He's a laid
back guy. He's just like qne
of us. He's out there having
a good time."
Favre doesn't hog valu-
able practice time. He takes
his turn in the rotation,
throwing to any receiver
in the group, from savvy
seniors who love to run
under one of his deep end
zone passes to the new
guys making their way up
from the junior varsity. The
All Pro usually takes pity on
the little guys.
"With the small ones,

you've got to learn to take
a little bit off when you
throw it," Favre said. So far
"I haven't had a parent call
me and say, 'Are you trying
to kill my son?"'
Favre joined the team after
classmates of his daughter
asked "Mr. Brett" - "which
.is weird," he says - to come
work out., He liked it imme-
diately. Now there are few
star-struck moments out
here, though the occasional
visiting camera or journalist
can cause a stir.
Most days, though, there
have been no pictures this
summer, just Favre -
workout after workout. He's
missed just one since he was
cleared to start throwing.
He jokes with the Warriors,
gives tips on footwork and
preaches the importance of
a quarterback's eyes.
"Our kids are used to
it, as strange as it seems,"
Barr said. '"They love it."

Feds arrest felon in sale of gun in McNair killing

By TRAVIS LOLLER
Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn.
- Federal prosecutors
announced gun charges
Friday against a convicted
murderer who admitted he
sold the pistol that was used
to kill ex-NFL quarterback
Steve McNair.
Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., 33,
of LaVergne, Tenn., was
arrested by agents of the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives.
He is charged with being
a convicted felon-in posses-
sion of a firearm. Conviction
could bring a maximum sen-
tence of 10 years ,in prison
and a fine of up to $250,000,
federal prosecutors said.
A criminal complaint says
that Gilliam - who was
convicted in 1993 in Florida
for murder and attempted
armed robbery - told
police he sold the gun to
the woman who later shot
McNair.

McNair was shot to death
on July 4 at his condo by his
20-year-old mistress, Sahel
Kazemi, who then turned
the gun on herself.
Investigators said Friday
that Gilliam used a photo
provided by police to iden-
tify Kazemi as the per-
son who bought the gun.
Gilliam was assigned a
public defender at a hear-
ing Friday afternoon, but
a hearing to set bond was
delayed until Wednesday.
"No one denies this is
a tragedy," Gilliam's public
defender Hugh Mundy said.
"Steve' McNair was one of
Nashville's heroes. A lot
of lives have already been
ruined. But Mr. Gilliam is a
decent, hard-working fam-
ily man and there's no rea-
son to ruin his life too."
Detectives traced the gun,
a 9 mm Bryco/Jennings, to
its 2002 sale at a pawn shop,.
according to the complaint.
Gilliam eventually bought it
from an individual for $100

about a year or year and a
half ago. Investigators said
Gilliam told them he bought
the gun for protection after
his home was burglarized,
and police reports indicate
he did report a burglary
about the time of the gun
purchase.
According to court docu-
ments, Gilliam told detec-
tives he sold the gun to
Kazemi for $100. Nashville
Police Chief Ronal Serpas
said at a news conference
of federal and local officials
Friday that Gilliam decided
to sell the gun because his
wife was afraid to have it in
their house.
Gilliam was in federal
custody awaiting his initial
court appearance Friday
afternoon. It wasn't imme-
diately clear if he has an
attorney. .-
Police said last week that
Kazemi purchased "a fully
loaded 9 mm pistol from a
private individual" who met
her in the parking lot of the

mall where she worked at a�
Dave & Busters restaurant
Kazemi met Gilliam when
she was trying to sell her
car.
.She mentioned to' him
that she was looking to
buy a gun and he told her
he had one for, sale, police
said. The sale took place
two days before McNair's
shooting, outside the restau-
rant where Kazemi worked
and first met McNair.
Authorities believe
McNair was asleep when
Kazemi put the pistol to his
head and pulled the trigger.
She put two more slugs into
his chest and a fourth bul-
let into the other side of
his head before shooting
herself.
McNair, a married father
of four, walked away from
the NFL last year. "Air
McNair" was known as a
gutsy quarterback who
played through serious inju-
ries and led his Tennessee
Titans to a Super Bowl.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
An undated photo provided by the Nashville Police
Department shows Adrian Gilliam, 33, of LaVergne, Tenn.
Gilliam was arrested by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for allegedly providing the
gun later used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair.

OPEN: Watson rolls back clock at British Open
Continued From Page 1B

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tom Watson of the U.S. reacts after a birdie putt on the 18th
hole during the second round of the British Open Golf
Championship at the Turnberry golf course in Scotland on
Friday.

lead to make the cut.
Woods was 10 behind
co-leaders Marino and
Watson.
Marino shot 68 in treach-
erous conditions and will
go out in the final group
Saturday with Watson.
Another old-timer, 49-year-
old Mark Calcavecchia, will
start one stroke back.
"Ift's'as if the spirits are on
my side," said Watson, who
rolled in a 75-foot birdie at
the 16th and a 45-footer at
the final hole. "I hope the
spirits stay on my side."
Since the '06 miss at
Winged Foot, Woods had
made the cut in 43 consecu-
tive tournaments world-
wide. He opened with a
disappointing 71' in much
easier conditions Thursday,
but was still in decent shape
when he made the turn.
Then, it all fell apart.
Woods' tee shot at No.
10 sailed wildly into the tall
grass far right of the fairway
- a familiar problem both
days - and it was clear
he was in trouble when he
hit a provisional. Even with

dozens of fans helping him
look, he could only find
someone else's lost ball -
who knows how long that's
been there? - took a one-
stroke penalty and' wound
up with a double-bogey 6.
He made bogey at the
12th after driving into a
fairway bunker, then had
another double at 13. He
was only 159 yards away in
the first cut of rough after
his tee shot, then needed
five more strokes to get
down. A ragged approach
missed the green, a sloppy
chip failed to stay on, and
a missed putt from about 5
feet sent, him tumbling into
an even deeper hole.
"I just made mistakes,"
Woods said. "And obviously
you can't make mistakes
and expect to not only make
the cut, but also try and win
a championship. You have
to play clean rounds of golf,
and I didn't. I made my
share of mistakes out there
today and didn't play a very
clean card."
Watson began to rally
with two birdies around the

turn, but he closed with
a real flourish. The long
putt at No. 16 plopped right
in the center of the cup,
prompting Watson to pump
both fists. The one from
the edge of the 18th green
dropped, too, and Watson
kicked his right leg with
glee, hardly looking like a
guy who had his left hip
replaced last October.
He would easily be the
oldest major champion in
golf history; Julibs Boros
was 48 when he set the
record at the 1968 PGA
Championship.
But remember, the Open
teased us with a similar
scenario a year ago. Greg
Norman, then 53, led after
54 holes but faded on the
final day.
If Watson can't hang on,
perhaps Calcavecchia will.
With his wife on the bag
and just one year away'from
being eligible for the senior
tour, he got off to a 67-69
start two decades after his
lone major title, right up the
road at Troon.
"I'm real happy with the

way things have gone,"
he said. "I'm getting some
good bounces, and I'm
getting lucky on occasion,
which always helps."
With props to his father
for sending along his pass-
port, Marino looked right
at home in his first Open
appearance.
"I didn't have a passport,"
said Marino, who got in as
an alternate. "I had to fly
my dad down to Florida
so he could get my pass-
port and FedEx itto me. ...
I wasn't even expecting to
play in this tournament."
His father made the dash
from his home in Virginia,
sent along the passport to
his son playing in the John
Deere Classic and flew back
- all in the same day. When
Shingo Katayama withdrew
from the Open last week-
end because of an injury,
Marino received the spot,
Though he had never
played on a true links
course, Marino felt his
game was suited to a style
of golf that requires imagi-
nation and low ball flight.

TOUR: Armstrong remains behind
Continued From Page 1B

other favorites were 6 min-
utes, 43 seconds behind
Haussler.
Leipheimer's withdrawal
is a blow to Astana and
Armstrong.
He is a four-time top-10
finisher at the Tour, includ-
ing third place finish in
2007.
Leipheimer had been in
fourth place, 39 seconds
behind Nocentini.
.Leipheimer and
Armstrong have a close

relationship within Astana,
which Armstrong says is
riven by "tension". with
Contador.
"He's a good friend
of mine so it makes it
even more unfortunate,
but that's cycling," said
Armstrong, stressing that
Leipheimer's absence is a
big loss.
"You saw even there,
in some stages in the
Pyrenees, when there was
an attack, we had four

guys there. And now, one's
gone," Armstrong said.
"Not only does it hurt us, I
think it helps the others in
terms of morale, and think-
ing perhaps that the team
has been weakened."
At first, it appeared
Leipheimer might remain
in the race.
"It seemed like an insig-
nificant crash that all of a
sudden turned out to be
pretty major," Armstrong
said.

FOOTBALL: Coming to Yankee Stadium

Continued From Page 11
but would not acknowledge
a completed deal. He said
such a matchup would be a
home game for the Fighting
Irish, meaning it would be
broadcast on NBC.
Added Notre Dame
senior associate athletic
director John Heisler:
"We've been talking about
playing Army in some way,
shape or form, but we just
haven't nailed down all the
details. Now we're trying
to figure out where does

Yankee Stadium fit in terms
of opponents, years, when
and how."
Notre Dame still has two
dates not scheduled for
next year, including one
home game.
' The Irish and Army
played at' the old Yankee
Stadium nearly every year
from 1925-46, when the two
programs were among the
best in the nation.
The House that Ruth
Built was the site in 1928

when, Rockne invoked the
memory of the late George
Gipp during a rousing half-
time speech.
Inspired, the twice-beaten
Irish beat undefeated Army
12-6.
The matchup grew so
popular that $3.30 tickets
for the 1946 showdown
were sold for as much as
$200, a game that ended in
a scoreless tie between No.
1 Army and No. 2 Notre
Dame.

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TIM E FOR ALL THE
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DEAR ABBY: I am a
20-year-old woman who
has been in a commit-
ted relationship with my
boyfriend, "Ian," for three
years. I attend a univer-
sity out of the country, so
our relationship is mostly
long-distance. We are in
love and have discussed a
future after I graduate. Ian
says I'm the reason he has
goals and wants to live a
meaningful life.
Every now and then he
says he's afraid that he is
holding me back - that
because I'm so committed
to him I am missing out on
some of the most important
experiences I could have at
the university. I have told
Ian I'm happy with what we,
have and wouldn't trade it
If I wasn't with him, I would
probably see other men,
but more sexual freedom
wouldn't make me happier.
All my single friends say
they would rather have
what I have.
Our relationship means
far more to me than the
odd fling would. Ian says
he has no desire.to be with
other women, but he's
afraid I don't know what
I want because I haven't
had experience with other
men. How can I convince
him that this is what I really

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ARIES (March 21-
April 19): Social plans will
turn into positive but chal-
lenging events. You can
show how gifted you are as
you command attention and
present the wonderful goals
you are working toward.
Momentum is building and
much can be accomplished.

TAURUS (April 20-
May 20): You may face
conflicts at home but, if you
talk about the problems you
feel exist, you can resolve
issues that have compound-
ed the situation. Listen, ob-
serve and make changes
that will benefit everyone
involved. ***
GEMINI (May 21-
June 20): Open up about
the way you feel and you
will be able to solve prob-
lems that have been bother-
ing you. Talks with friends,
relatives or even a neighbor
will help you put things in
perspective and get the
help you need. **A -
CANCER (June 21-
July 22): Find out all you
can about an opportunity
that is being made avail-
able. You should be able
to get involved and benefit
from what's being offered if
you act fast. Don't let some-
one's dumping responsibili-
ties on you hold you back.

LEO (July 23-Aug.

THE LAST WORD
Eugenia Word

22): Your generosity will
grab the attention of some-
one who has something to
offer you in return. A strong
alliance will be formed that
will lead to greater pros-
perity. A relationship you
care about will develop into
something much greater.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22): Watch carefully how
others react around you. It
will give you a much better
idea regarding your own
participation in the events
that are unfolding. You can't
let anyone railroad you into
doing something that is not
your responsibility. **
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
22): Take a chance and try
something new. A long lost
friend is probably thinking
about you as much as you
are about him or her. Make
the first move and visit,
phone or text to make the
first connection. *****,
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-
Nov. 21): You may have
to forgo some of the things
you want to do in order
to satisfy someone else's
needs.. Don't deprive your-
self completely or you will
resent. it The people you
meet and the discussions
that. develop at a social
event will give you new

hope. *** ,
SAG1ITARIUS (Nov.
22-Dec. '21): You will be
drawn toward someone
with lots to offer, especially
if you decide to partner with
this person. A contract can
be discussed but, before
you move forward, rethink
what you are giving and
what you are getting. You
may have overlooked some-
thing important ***
CAPRICORN (Dec.
22-Jan. 19): Get out and
mingle with people who
know how to enjoy what life
has to offer. It never hurts
to kick back and show your
fun side. Compliments and
giving a little back will help
you gain added respect.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-
Feb. 18): Love is on the
rise, so talk about your ex-
pectations and hopes for the
future. Changes at home
will help you develop more
options, financially and
emotionally. Your lifestyle
is ready for a revamping
.and so are you. *****
PISCES (Feb. 19-
March 20): Don't make a
promise that you may have
to take back. Problems with
loved ones and added re-
sponsibilities will limit your
time. A private matter will
have to be put on the back
burner until late in the day.
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DEAR DECISIVE: Tell
your boyfriend that while
some women may enjoy
quantity, you have an eye for
quality, and he is the grand
prize you have waited for
all your life. Then tell him
you're a one-man woman,
and he's stuck with you.
(This should do the trick,
unless he's projecting his
own feelings of ambivalence
onto you.)
DEAR ABBY: In May
2001, you printed my letter
alerting former prisoners
of war and their widows to
the special veterans' bene-
fits available to them from
the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs. The response
was great; many former
POWs and their depen-
dents now have their VA
benefits because of that
column.
Now, as chairman of VA
outreach for American Ex-
Prisoners of War, I write to
alert all veterans (not just

former POWs) of a recent
VA ruling.
On Sept. 23, 2008, Lou
Gehrig's disease, amyo-'.
trophic lateral sclerosis,
was made a presumptive
condition for all veterans
who served in our armed
forces for at least 90 days.
This means that the
widows of those veterans
who died of Lou Gehrig's
disease in years past are
eligible for the VA widows'
monthly benefit, which
is very substantial. Many
people are not aware that a
veteran's death due to this
disease is now considered
service-connected. One
claim I handled recently
involved an ALS death 46
years ago, in 1963.
Thank you for your help
in getting the word out,
Abby. - FRED CAMP-
BELL, AMERICAN EX-
PRISONERS OF WAR
DEAR FRED: I'm
pleased to help you and
America's veterans once
again. Readers, Fred
welcomes inquiries - at
3312 Chatterton Drive,
San Angelo, TX 76904.
He can also be e-mailed at
fredrev@webtv.net.

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Dr. Berge Marcarian wishes to an-
nounce he will stop practice in Lake
City to relocate. Records/prac-
tice are turned over to Dr. E. Loch
at same location effective July 1,
2009.
04533077
July 11, 18, 25, 2009
August 1, 2009
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN
AND FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY,
FLORIDA
CIVIL ACTION
CASE NO.; 12-2008-CA-000799
DIVISION:
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Plaintiff,
vs.
MARK MAHONY A/K/A MARK
H. MAHONY, et al,
Defendant(s).
NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED
FORECLOSURE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pur-
suant to an Order Rescheduling
Foreclosure Sale dated July 8, 2009
and entered in Case NO. 12-2008-
CA-000799 of the Circuit Court of
the THIRD Judicial Circuit in and
for COLUMBIA County, Florida
wherein WELLS FARGO BANK,
NA, is the Plaintiff and MARK
MAHONY A/K/A MARK H. MAH-
ONY; JOHN MAHONY A/.K/A
JOHN H. MAHONY; THE UN-
KNOWN SPOUSE OF JOHN
MAHONY A/K/A JOHN H. MAH-
ONY N/K/A BARBARA MAHO-
NEY; are the Defendants, I will sell
to the highest and best bidder for
cash at FRONT STEPS OF THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT-
HOUSE at 11:00 A.M., on the 12
day of August, 2009, the following
described property as set forth in said
Final Judgment:
A PART OF LOT 4, BLOCK A OF
SUWANNEE HILLS A AS PER
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN
PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 70-70B, OF
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF CO-
LUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA,
BEING MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; BE-
GIN AT THE SW CORNER OF
SAID LOT 4, BLOCK A AND RUN
N. 17 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 20
SECONDS W., ALONG THE
WEST LINE THEREOF, 321.61
FEET; THENCE N. 72 DEGREES
20 MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST,
272.24 FEET THENCE S. 17 DE-
GREES 39 MINUTES 20 SEC-
ONDS E, 321.61 FEET TO THE
SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 4,
BLOCK A; THENCE S. 72 DE-
GREES 20 MINUTES 10 SEC-
ONDS W., 272.24 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING. TO-
GETHER WITH AN EASEMENT
FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AS
LIES 30.00 FEET TO THE RIGHT
OF THE "FOLLOWING DESCRI-
BED LINE; COMMENCE AT THE
SW CORNER OF SAID LOT 4,
BLOCK A AND RUN N. 17 DE-
GREES 39 MINUTES 20 SEC-
ONDS W., ALONG THE WEST
LINE THEREOF, 321.61 FEET TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE CONTINUE N. 17 DE-
GREES 39 MINUTES 20 SEC-
ONDS W., 410,44 FEET TO THE
NW CORNER OF SAID LOT 4,
BLOCK A, AND TO THE POINT
OF TERMINATION OF SAID
LINE. TOGETHER WITH THAT
CERTAIN MOBILE HOME LO-
CATED THEREON, SERIAL
NUMBER LOHGA10810351A &
LOHGA10810351B.
a/k/a 478 NW SUWANNEE VAL-
LEY ROAD, LAKE CITY, FL
32055
Any person claiming an interest in
the surplus from the sale, if any, oth-
er than the property owner as of the
date of the Lis Pendens must file a
claim within sixty (60) days after the
sale.
WITNESS MY HAND and the seal
of this Court of July 10, 2009.
P. DeWitt Cason
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By: /s/ Patricia A. Perry
Deputy Clerk
Florida Default Law Group, P.L.
V. 0. Box 25018
Tampa, Florida 33622-5018
F08109618-NMNC-FHA-R-khart-.
maier
In accordance with the Americans
with disabilities Act, persons need-
ing a special accommodation to par-
ticipate in this proceeding should
contact the Deputy Court Adminis-
trator whose office is located at 3301
East Tamiami Trail, Building L, Na-
ples, Florida 33962, telephone num-
ber (813) 774-8124; 1-800-955-8771
(TDD), or 1-800-955-8770 (v), via
Florida Relay Service, not later than
seven (7) days prior to this proceed-
ing.
04533187
July 18, 25, 2009
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN
AND FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY
GENERAL CIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO. 2008-CA-556,
WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL
SYSTEM FLORIDA, INC.
Plaintiff
vs.
RICHARD S. BOCK; UNKNOWN
SPOUSE OF RICHARD S. BOCK;
SHERRY E. BOCK A/K/A SHER-
RY BOCK; UNKNOWN SPOUSE
OF SHERRY E. BOCK A/K/A
SHERRY BOCK; AND UN-
KNOWN OCCUPANTS, TEN-
ANTS, OWNERS, AND OTHER
UNKNOWN PARTIES, including, if
a named defendant is deceased, the
personal representatives, the surviv-
ing spouse, heirs, devisees, grantees,
creditors, and all other parties claim-
ing by, through, under or against that
defendant, and all claimants, persons
or parties, natural, or corporate, or
whose exact legal status is unknown,
claiming under any of the above
named or described defendants De-
fendants.
NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given that. pursuant
to the Order or Final Judgment en-
tered in this cause, in the Circuit
Court of Columbia County, Florida, I
will sell the property situated in Co-
lumbia County, Florida, described
as:

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LOT 31 WINDSOR COURT
PHASE ONE, ACCORDING TO
THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF
AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK
7, PAGES 1 AND 2 PUBLIC RE-
CORDS OF COLUMBIA COUN-
TY, FLORIDA; TOGETHER WITH
A MOBILE HOME SITUATED
THEREON, DESCRIBED AS A
1998 PINN, WITH VEHICLE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
PH11AL0683A AND
PHllAL0683B; TITLE NUMBERS
73705545 AND 73705546; RP
NUMBERS 12258078 AND
12258077, WHICH IS AFFIXED
TO THE AFOREDESCRIBED RE-
AL PROPERTY AND INCORPO-
RATED THEREIN.
at public sale, to the highest and best
bidder, for cash, at the front entrance
of the Columbia County Courthouse,
Lake City, Florida 32056 at 11:00
a.m. on August 5, 2009.
ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN IN-
TEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM
THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER
THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER
AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS
PENDENS, MUST FILE A CLAIM
WITH THE CLERK OF COURT
WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE
SALE.
DATED this 9 day of July, 2009.
P. DEWITT CASON
Clerk of Circuit Court
By: /s/ Patricia A. Perry
Deputy Clerk
ENRICO G. GONZALEZ, P.A.
Attorney at Law
ENRICO G. GONZALEZ, ES-
QUIRE
6255 East Fowler Avenue
Temple Terrace, FL 33617
Florida Bar #861472
813/980-6302
In accordance with the Americans
With Disabilities Act, persons need-
ing a special accommodation to par-
ticipate in this proceeding should
contact the ADA. Coordinator not
later than seven (7) days prior to the
proceeding via the Florida Relay
Service at 1-800-955-8771.
04533201
July 18, 25, 2009.

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Advertise your car, truck, motorcycle, recreation vehicle or
boat here for 10 consecutive days. If your vehicle does not sell
within those 10 days, for an additional $15,you can place your
ad for an additional 10 days. A picture will run everyday with
a description of your vehicle. The price of the vehicle must be
listed in the ad. Your ad must be prepaid with cash, check or
credit card. Just include a snapshot or bring your vehicle by
and we will take the picture for you. Private party only!
Price includes a 6 day/ 4 line classified ad of the
same vehicle in print and online.

MUST LEASE!
Long Term leasing or short term
rental available. Best use is office
Space, can be retail. Location East
Baya Ave. Call for special pricing.
Weekdays 904-579-6645 or
386-497-4762 Weekends
Office Space located at Oakhill
Plaza on Hwy 41. 900 sqft.
$700/mo. plus tax.
Call Bob 386-752-9086
Retail Space
Heavy traffic area
800 Sf. & 1600 Sqft.
Call for quotes 1-800-342-0135

805 Lots for Sale
1 AC. 3 Rivers Est. Beautiful
wooded, high & dry w/river ac-
cess. Owner Finan., No down pmt.
$307/mo. $29,900.352-215-1018
FOR SALE 1 acre land w/old
house selling "AS IS" on comer of
Lapaz and 242. Taking Bids.
For more info call (423)360-3396
Oak covered land near Suwannee
River, Royal Springs in Branford
Fl. 1 & 1/4 ac of oak treed land.
selling for 1977 price. Close ac-
cess to Suwannee River, Royal
Springs & Branford. $10,800
(904)742-6616
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
All real estate advertising in this
newspaper is subject to the fair
housing act which makes it illegal
to advertise "any preference,
limitation, or discrimination based
on race, color, religion, sex,
disability, familial status or nation-
al origin; or any intention to make
such preference, limitation or
discrimination." Familial status
includes children under the age of
' 18 living with parents or legal
custodians, pregnant women and
people securing custody of chil-
dren under the age of 18. This
newspaper will not knowingly
accept any advertising for real es-
tate which is in violation of the
law. Our readers are hereby in- ,
formed that all dwellings adver-
tised in this newspaper are availa-
ble on an equal opportunity basis.
To complain of discrimination call
HUD toll free at 1-800-669-9777,
the toll free
telephone number to the hearing
impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

04533206
5 AC on Branford Hwy
(S.R. 247). Great location, close
to Lake City. Cleared, with well
and power. Won't last long at
only $59,900. Call Maston
Crapps at Daniel Crapps
Agency, Inc. (Realtor)
386-365-1444.

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